Mosquito-canopy



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

I. E. PALMER. MOSQUITO GANOPY.

No. 406,178. Patented July 2, 1889 n. PLTERS Photu-Lilhgn lwnWnhingtam-D c (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

I. E. PALMER. MOSQUITO CANOPY.

No. 406,178. Patented July 2, 1889.

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

MOSQU ITO-CANOPY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,178, dated July 2,1889.

Application filed November 6, 1888. $erial No. 290 136. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Mosquito-Canopies, of which the following is aspecification.

I will describe a mosquito-canopy embodying my improvement in detail,and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upperpart of a canopy and a portion of the body part thereof embodying myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a detail view, in vertical section, showing aportion of the top of the canopy anda portion of the body thereof andmeans whereby the body of the canopy may be detachably supported. Fig. 3is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modification; and Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section of a canopy, taken on the plane of the line a: .20,Fig. 1, and showing a modified means for supporting the body portion ofthe canopy. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modified means forsupporting a certain frame.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring first to the example of my improvement illustrated in Figs. 1and 2, A designates the top portion of the canopy, made of any suitablematerial, and provided about centrally with a supporting-hook a. In theexample of my improvement shown the top portion is maintained in adistended position by means of a frame B, which frame is in the form ofa hoop or is of hoop-like construction. This frame may be madeof asingle strip of spring metal, and its ends maybe secured together in anysuitable manner. I have shown said frame as secured to a piece oftrimming b, which trimming is in turn secured to the edges of the topportion of the canopy. The frame is thus secured by passing throughloops b upon the piece of trimming b. The piece of trimming b, mayhowever, be omitted, and the frame secured directly to the top by meansof sewing or otherwise, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, in which a hemis made in the edge of the top portionA of the canopy and the hooppassed through such hem.

I desire to be able to readily attach and dctach the body portion of thecanopy from the top portion. To this end I have shown convenient meansconsisting in suspendingfrom the top portion of the canopya hoop C,which may be in construction like the hoop 13. I11

this example the hoop C is somewhat below the hoop B when the canopy iserected, and is'suspendcd in a'loop 0, depending from the top portionand extending circumferentially about the same. This loop may becontinuous and may be secured to the top portion by the same means bywhich the trimming b is secured thereto. The hoop C is passed throughthe loop 0, and its ends maybe secured together in any suitable manner.It will be observed that a space is left between the hoops B and C. Thebody portion D of the canopy is supported from the top portion, but issecured between the hoops B and C. In this example of my improvement Ihave shown the upper part of the body portion as shirred upon a cord (Z.The cord cl, having the body portion shirred upon it, is then passedcircumferentially about the top portion between the hoops B and C, andthe ends of the cord may then be drawn tightly and tied or otherwisesecured together, so that the cord cannot be moved over the hoops. Thebody portion of the canopy is made, as usual, with an opening upon oneside, and the portions of the can opy adjacent to said opening, whichare near the top of the canopy, will preferably be caused to overlap.When the body portion is secured to the top, this maybe accomplished byfirst lapping the edges, as just stated, and then passing the endportions of the cord again about the top portion between the said hoopsand then tying them at one side, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1.

In the example of my improvement shown in Fig. 4, instead of showing acord upon which the body portion of the canopy is shirred, I

have shown a piece of tape, to which the upper part of the body portion,after having been properly gathered, is firmly secured-as, for instance,by stitching. The ends of this tape'are provided with hooks d, and eachof the end portions of the tape rearwardly of the hooks is provided witha loop (1 Each of these hooks may be engaged with a loop upon the otherend portion of the tape in order to secure the whole between the hoops Band C, and also in order to cause the edge portions of the body tooverlap.

111 Fig. 3 I have shown that instead of employing a separate loop 0 inwhich the hoop C is retained, which loop is secured to the top portionA, I may employ a piece of trimming 1), upon which are formed two setsof loops 1), one above the other, in one of which sets of loops the hoopB may be arranged and in the other of which sets the hoop C may bearranged. In this example, also, I have shown that a fringe or similarornamentation S may be secured to the outer edge of the top portion,which will hang downwardly and conceal the hoop 0.

Of course, instead of using loops 1) upon the trimming, I might use onecontinuous loop or pocket through which the hoop or hoops would extend.

By my improvementl am enabled, when desired, to readily remove the bodyportion from the top in order to wash the body portion or for any otherpurpose, and to as readily again secure the same to the top portion.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mosquito-canopy, the combination,

with a top portion, of a frame by which the same is distended, and abody portion depending from the top portion and detachably securedthereto, substantially as specified.

2. In a mosquito-canopy, the combination, wit-h a top portion, of ahook-like frame by which the same is distended, and abody portiondepending from the top portion and dctachably secured thereto,substantially as specified.

3. In a mosquito-canopy, the combination, with a top portion, of a frameby which said top. portion is distended, a hoop supported from said topportion, and a detachable body portion supported between said topportion and the hoop, substantially as specified.

at. In a mosquito-canopy, the combination, with a top portion, of a hoopby which said top portion is distended, a second hoop supported from thetop portion below the hoop first named, and a detachable body portionsupported between said hoops, substantally as specified.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN G. PALMER, JoI-IN C. LADID.

